Driving Method and Related Driving Device for a Motor

• US 20100253259A1
• Filed: 06/01/2009
• Published: 10/07/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Anpec Electronics Corporation
• Original Assignee: Anpec Electronics Corporation
• Inventors: Chen, Kun-Min, Lai, Sung-Ming, Li, Ching-Sheng, Tsai, Ming-Jung, Lu, Ching-Shan
• Granted Patent: US 8,080,955 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 318/400.140
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 6/12 Monitoring commutation; Providing indication of commutation failure
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 6/15 Controlling commutation time

Abstract

A driving method for a motor includes sensing variation of magnetic pole of a rotator of the motor, to generate a magnetic pole sensing signal, determining dead zone of the motor according to the magnetic pole sensing signal, to generate a determination result, and adjusting voltage outputted to a coil of the rotator according to the determination result.

Claims

1. A driving method for a motor comprising:

sensing variation of a magnetic pole of a rotator of the motor, to generate a magnetic pole sensing signal;

determining a dead zone of the motor according to the magnetic pole sensing signal, to generate a determination result; and

adjusting voltage outputted to a coil of the rotator according to the determination result.

2. The driving method of claim 1, wherein determining the dead zone of the motor according to the magnetic pole sensing signal is determining the dead zone of the motor according to a time-variant slope of the magnetic pole sensing signal before the motor activates commutation.

3. The driving method of claim 2, wherein determining the dead zone of the motor according to the time-variant slope of the magnetic pole sensing signal before the motor activates commutation comprises:

setting a first default value, a second default value and a third default value of the magnetic pole sensing signal, wherein the first default value is corresponding to a magnetic field intensity before the motor activates commutation, the second default value is corresponding to a magnetic field intensity when the motor activates commutation, and the third default value is corresponding to a magnetic field intensity when the motor completes commutation;

comparing the magnetic pole sensing signal with the first default value and the second default value, to generate a comparison result;

counting a time interval between the magnetic pole sensing signal equal to the first default value and the magnetic pole sensing signal equal to the second default value, to generate a counting result; and

computing the time-variant slope of the magnetic pole sensing signal before the motor activates commutation according to the counting result, the first default value and the second default value, to determine a time interval between the magnetic pole sensing signal equal to the second default value and the magnetic pole sensing signal equal to the third default value, so as to determine the dead zone of the motor and generate the determination result.

4. The driving method of claim 3, wherein computing the time-variant slope of the magnetic pole sensing signal before the motor activates commutation according to the counting result, the first default value and the second default value is dividing the counting result by a difference between the first default value and the second default value, to compute the time-variant slope.

5. The driving method of claim 3, wherein determining the time interval between the magnetic pole sensing signal equal to the second default value and the magnetic pole sensing signal equal to the third default value is multiplying the time-variant slope by the difference between the second default value and the third default value, to estimate the time interval between the magnetic pole sensing signal equal to the second default value and the magnetic pole sensing signal equal to the third default value.

6. The driving method of claim 1, wherein adjusting the voltage outputted to the coil of the rotator according to the determination result is outputting a linear voltage to the coil of the rotator when the motor is in the dead zone and outputting a fixed voltage to the coil of the rotator when the motor is out of the dead zone according to the determination result.

7. The driving method of claim 6, wherein the linear-variant voltage is linearly reduced from a system voltage to a ground voltage.

8. The driving method of claim 6, wherein the linear-variant voltage is linearly increased from a ground voltage to a system voltage.

9. The driving method of claim 6, wherein the fixed voltage is a system voltage or a ground voltage.

10. A driving device for a motor comprising:

a magnetic pole sensor, for sensing variation of a magnetic pole of a rotator of the motor, to generate a magnetic pole sensing signal;

a determination unit, for determining a dead zone of the motor according to the magnetic pole sensing signal, to generate a determination result; and

a driving unit, for adjusting voltage outputted to a coil of the rotator according to the determination result of the determination unit.

11. The driving device of claim 10, wherein the magnetic pole sensor is a Hall Sensor.

12. The driving device of claim 10, wherein the determination unit is utilized for determining the dead zone of the motor according to a time-variant slope of the magnetic pole sensing signal before the motor activates commutation.

13. The driving device of claim 12, wherein the determination unit comprises:

a setting unit, for setting a first default value, a second default value and a third default value of the magnetic pole sensing signal, wherein the first default value is corresponding to a magnetic field intensity before the motor activates commutation, the second default value is corresponding to a magnetic field intensity when the motor activates commutation, and the third default value is corresponding to a magnetic field intensity when the motor completes commutation;

a comparison unit, for comparing the magnetic pole sensing signal with the first default value and the second default value, to generate a comparison result;

a timer, for counting a time interval between the magnetic pole sensing signal equal to the first default value and the magnetic pole sensing signal equal to the second default value, to generate a counting result; and

an estimating unit, for computing the time-variant slope of the magnetic pole sensing signal before the motor activates commutation according to the counting result, the first default value and the second default value, to determine a time interval between the magnetic pole sensing signal equal to the second default value and the magnetic pole sensing signal equal to the third default value, so as to determine the dead zone of the motor and generate the determination result.

14. The driving device of claim 13, wherein the estimating unit is utilized for dividing the counting result by a difference between the first default value and the second default value, to compute the time-variant slope.

15. The driving device of claim 13, wherein the estimating unit is utilized for multiplying the time-variant slope by the difference between the second default value and the third default value, to estimate the time interval between the magnetic pole sensing signal equal to the second default value and the magnetic pole sensing signal equal to the third default value.

16. The driving device of claim 10, wherein the driving unit is utilized for outputting a linear voltage to the coil of the rotator when the motor is in the dead zone and outputting a fixed voltage to the coil of the rotator when the motor is out of the dead zone according to the determination result of the determination unit.

17. The driving device of claim 16, wherein the linear-variant voltage is linearly reduced from a system voltage to a ground voltage.

18. The driving device of claim 16, wherein the linear-variant voltage is linearly increased from a ground voltage to a system voltage.

19. The driving device of claim 16, wherein the fixed voltage is a system voltage or a ground voltage.

20. The driving device of claim 10 further comprising a pre-amplifier circuit between the magnetic pole sensor and the determination unit, for amplifying the magnetic pole sensing signal.

21. The driving device of claim 10 further comprising a second-stage amplifier circuit between the determination unit and the coil, for amplifying voltage outputted from the driving unit.

22. The driving device of claim 10 implemented by a single chip.